The Sun. — London, England, 1826-08-09 00:00:00

SPIRIT. PE'THE PUBLIC JOPNALS. With the name,q the'" dead weight," the public are nearly as well acyntinted sta• with that of Old Nick; but with 'its substance, or 'real nature and operations, un donbtedly, not en atom better. We were told at the out set, that it ivas'to,be something which Would relieve our Own 41uudders ofa burden, amonntin to about 2,2 00 , 000 /. by . substitutiegan annual payment of 2,800,0004 from the Treasury, for Qiie of 5,00,000/. sterling ; but at the same thnetcoutipuingthe lesser annuity for the definite per i o d of 45 years, during which the generation coining after us would he saddled with it in the same mode and extent that. we are. When Mr. Vausittart brought forward that notable scheme in 1822, he assumed the "dead 'Weight;' or the then amount of army, navy, and civil pensions, at 5,000,0004 sterling; which stain he calculated would, by the course of nature, gradually diminish, and at the end of 45, years pe (educed to nothing., On referring to the solutions then submitted to the House Of Commons, we find the following scale of dirniuntion laid down : if the pensione are now 5,000,0004 a-year, they Will be at the 0 0 of each One of the ensuing 45 years be of die 6)11(4- ing magnitude : After , year 1, nr in 1823 - £4,845.5,86Q After, year 2, or in 1 824 - 4;711;708 After year 9, or in 1825. - - 4,561,559 There ought, therefore, in the year 1826, to have oc curred a diminution in the " dead weight" of between 400,000/. and 500,000/. on the yearly charge. But it appears by the table we' published yesterday, that this fund was ac tually higher ill 1825 by a few thousanda than it \visit) :1822, There' can only be' tine construction put on' these faets--;-;- viz. that they afford additional proofs of shameful extrava gance in the adininistration of the public nioney unlesS the absurd supposition can be entertained that no VriCatf- Cliff by death have occurred among the innumerable pert• sioners on this fund. Instead of mortalityheing'permitted to act on the annuitants in the regular Way, extraordinary practices must have been , employed to sWelhtheamount. Sales of half-pay by old lives have been authorised and encouraged, and young lives substituted (a them ; num bers cif bilkers have been thrown uponhalf , pay,'to rend& the army 1114 re efficient.; large additions have been made to the civil annuities, as May be seen by the 4 )let; ;; and the result is that melancholy one which we now behold— thet.the " ; dead weight' - ' at the end of 1825 'exeeided it, amount as promised by the Chancellor of the Exchequer, to no less areextent than full. half a million per, Annum. — Having alluded to the civil branch of this national burden, we present the following short statement of figures to public consideration : . In 1822 the " civil dead weight" was £332,000 1823 - 360,000 • 1824 390,000. ' • • 1825 - • - 428,000 An increase, 'indeed of a reduction, to the extent of nearly 100.0004 in three years. So much for mortality! Now what into be the end of, all this / In the beginning of 1828,,the Bank Of England ceases to lend us any more money on account of " dead weight," and there Will then be., at a single jump, a risain the budget of expenditure, form 2,800,0004 to considerably more than 5,000mp01. Times. . , -Some of the ," Cornwall- and Devon" Mining gentry have taken in woful dudgeon the' accounts which , have been given to the world Of What passed atthe firstMeet nig of that hopeful concern; and at their next meeting determined Chat no reporter shoat find his Way into the room,,,We da, trust, however; that some of the share holders theniselves will supply the deficiency, by gwing' the public, either through our column, orthose of some of our contemporaries, that information, -which, in spite of the opinion of Lord Pahnerston, or any. other Lord in Christendom to the contrary, we boldly and openly maintain 'that . the.. public have a right to receive, ~' Of,: the impolicy of this attempt at suppression it is hardly necessary to speak. If what Mot been suffered to trans pire to their prejudice admits of a reply; Nova 'absurd is it to shut the very doors' against the' titiretrite from which the poison, if it be' such, was pertnitted to proceed. But the policy is their concern; auk it. is with the right, and that - only', that we have at present to do. What! is it to be contended that these people may concoct schemes, and pi:it forth to the public specious statements and pro spectuses, under colour Of which large sums of money are obtained? Are they to call meetings in the , first place, when, theirobjeet being to get money, men, women, and children are solicited to attend ? Are they to appoint themselves to snug directorshipa a uditors, solicitors, sur veyors, managers - hips,. sic., and pay thenotelves good round bonuses andsealaries out. of the money thus sub scribed; when their conduct is called 'in question, are they to turn round and tell the very people' Whose aid they first soliatek..and. thrmigh whose means they have become w hat they are, " Oh, you have nothing -to do , with the y a wn.; do not presume to intrude upon our privacy ; it. is true ttkat our rommeueement was public, but, our close mu st b e with closed'doors!". Surely, no Lord . or Gen • tl e man high it; office can hold such doctrine as thrs, Sup pose for a momein that some charge were brought. against the Noble Secretary At War for some supposed malver s' talon in Office; and a day' were appointed for its investi gation in the House of Commons, would , the. Noble Lord or any of his colleagues, move that " strangers should withdraw," and that this metter be investigated in private? Is that the way in which he would clear . hi* :public elm ' ranter from grounded or groundless imputation? But it wit, perhaps', he. urged that they admitted per , so ns Waco had signed their deed to ,be present.— , Very libeet and generOUS truly!' But may there . not,evenin this. contracted, view of the audie nce, be some w h o h ave h a a' s 4iii 'gold reasons for not signing the deed,. but who have still au eanced their money ? May there not. be others, who, h a ving advanced their money, were coin pilled to abandon or sell t;';‘eir,Slittrcs, owing, to the sup posed mismanagement of these peqle ? IY yLa *re not, to short, be hundreds of persmis deeply inta,reetati, directly' or indirectly, in the matter,' Who yet are not (so far fortu- . nately, perhaps), partners in the conceal? But what we contend is, that they themselves originally !mule it a drib ; the shares Were, and perhaps styli are, subjects of barter In a public nuirket, and for these people t. 4 ture round.now, and-presunie to exclude any MIT living from' . their deliberations, is a Speeiinoi of iwtoranee and assur ance which itrequired all the insimity pf thto e bubble-mania ii dimes men, otherwise in their senseti;\ to think of re *ortinii to it. They may attempt ta stifle at-it diScuseion an ad d inquiry, but we' tell them to. their teeth cannot , shall not be, done. What poor Lord Teynham and My; f..irogiterilht4e endured, Lord,Palmeraton and his brother Director niust endure also ; ,and we trust that, the share holders its this, and every other concern, will never cease scrutinizing and sitting things to the core,. till the roguery or hots ty °leach s p ecu l a tion, and of each specu later, is made as dear aq the noon-day 1011.-11fornin rera/d. . , . • ‘ ego, it may be remembered y g ,-..A bout ten tiayB woman was seen by several people who ware s ' a young 11 : - bridge, to jump from the baluttrade iutothe cnt Blae ( i l i n i. t i li:i ()emotion several buts pat sill to render her - 'ri sing 'r". min. e r e exertion( might haye-posibi askik.ance, but one fellow-ereature, he being nearer her thaw/fa:l7:Si °le • lif ' "f (lined attempting .to re_vtie the poor '4 estuYr, firehuatuntii, de;„ plenty of women ill CI:, ' w ,t 4 1 , 4 ;41 w " * ai r" saying " that there wove ra yed away. The pun% woman, disappeared and was 41 ' and The body li as, been siiii,e fintad near' the wharf by the pixei:..°,4e6' . troduip's va,lo , it I, a mbetl), and in conAttjtience of the erroneous ittipre , i l i ou o f 2 witneo named Kiteherter, who believed it to 1* a wi mu ; name,' Mary Aun Toputan, idias Darbons a Coroner's burliest V. held upon the tleeea,.,ed in that name at the Crown publiep home, Lambeth, on /4.illay list, when a verdict was returned of " found thoWneil," The name of the deceased is Atatia hop, wa d b„ . 6 , t h e i, on e o f the Carnkeys of Newgate. The muffle( in -*Mel) the eireutostanee of dot body_itiwaye,,ed being th at 0 Ariaßi-Aitinisti *Ai tittii , : --- A n Wit Ot tkg giee,,,ii having bean that state 4.1064,4 woe at tiw Lambeth butte-howei belonging to .- a yamtwoensu Who wa.4 picked up by a fisherman in 6, Thi,,,,,,,. • OM ff ' ,hoti wi_nea heem,Mterteil, Eeptilred thOtevt laving.reamy ,•'• to Seat,: form slitter dictstsd to- ber b y her niece, coupled with -:--*. 4 t'tent r ~.,#keit 00...-104 committed suicide, when' she, insontly recoltuized, oviry artier or tilt dicta . as belonging to her unh appy , , _ iitkt L4dp POLICE .INTELLIGENCE. 1 MANSION-HOUSE.--A member of the Society of Friend*, r. „T. Dixon, via's summoned to show cause Why he refused to y the arrears of tithes due' to the . Rector of Bithopsgate, the ;shop of Chester. ' The ease for the parish ~was conducted by Mr, Smart. Mr. L. ixon took several legal; objections. He pleaded a misnomer of din pixon instead of Jacks Dixon, but he Waved that, as he . id he should be able to defeat - the claim on grounds . ef amore riots nature. He called for :the' technical proof of the appoint -1 eat' of the collector, and also for the production of the rate-bOoks. I otheti said he PO to object that the rates were **properly firmed and assessed. Mr. Smart contended that this was a question which could only b tried at the Sessions. , • i The LORD Mevaa, upon looking at the Act, said that the rate u son which lie was to proceed, must be duly and regularly formed, a ,l d uniet he so proved before him. Mr. Mimi then stated, that by the act which fixed the stipend t 9 be paid by tine parish` to their rector, it was regekted that it; in any one year, there should 'be surplus of tithes collected, it should be carried to the account for the succeeding year, and. the rite' their to be levied'should-:be r in consequence proportionately diminished. Now no less a stun than 1,700/. had been raised for the purpose of buying u house for their rector., This SUMAS& been charged upon the rate* for tithes, which he was now called upon to pay. • He 'badereligious and lainseientioutS scruple against the payment of this money, and against the application which the . parish officer* bad veptured,to triake of it without the sanction of ail act of Parliament. There was also a sum of 6SB/. which had, been taken from the tithes, and applied to the poor rates; itete. pendently of another sum of money which had been applied to the' Purpose of repairing and beautifying the Bishop's ' residence. These sums, which had been so taken from the tithes illegally, twingthe former year, would have formed a surplus, which if it ',had been carried to the tithe rate for the present year, would have materially reduced it. In that parish, where they were groaning under a burden of 10,100/. per annum for poorer' rates, it became every aria, even those who were friendly ,to , a ; church establishment, not to acquiesce in such a mal-appropriation of the public money. Mr. Smart, in reply, said, that the money Which was ob . cted :to , at having been improperly raised, had been borrowed titl4BA2',l4;rrial.fonerentN,lit'inDdeixroinvhciacthnettoprttisileenptarcilhiali'mafitirdr before tirea s t e l a ' : tole,' litabein passed. It was a transaction which was csomlud- I 0 before his coming amongst them, and therefore' he hail thing to do with its • • Mr. Dixon.—But I have a great deal to do with it : you come now to pay out of the rate which you endeavour to lay on me, the money which war' borroWed before my arrival, and yet you ' say I have nothing to do with it: . The Loan ItYOR, said, he did not see that the parish officers were justified it coming as it were to reap the defendant's corn, Mid take'it, in payment of a debt contracted before his arrival, and to which the rates for tithes were not applicable. Mr. Smart contended that the tithes were applicable; the fact was, they lutillound it necessary to enlarge the church-yard, end., in sti'doing they were compelled to take down the Rector's house,' which of course they must make good. Under theact theyrnight defray the , expences of any alterations in the church-yard from this particular rate. The Limo Mavott, on looking at the act, said he saw no au thority' Oren them to raise money for the enlargement of the church-yard; They were certainly enabled from this rate to de fray the expellees. of any repairs. , He, as . the Chief Magistrate, would nOt otherwise be inclined to favour any application of pa rochial funds to such a purpose. He was against the enlargement Of any church-Yard in the city, and would be glad to have them removed'out of it, where it was possible. Mr. Dixon denied that the church-yard had • been enlarged.... A new hoilding had certainly been raised, but then it had been 4 let to a merchant. , In addition to this,, they were to pay 1,700/ for repairing and beautifying the BishOp's house, and erecting te nemenbi for his servants. - Mr. Smart said, they had the fiat of the Bishop of London for the application they lied made of the rate. The Loan MaYox paid, : that the Rev. Prelate's fiat would not in such a case be sufficient authority. Mr. Smart again respectfully questioned the Lord Mayor's au thority to decide as to the propriety of this expenditure, and sub mitted that this should be done by the defendant's appealingto,the, roliQultt Avltertt t h e perielrwould readily meet him. IVli. 'Dixon raid, that the cote of such tin appeal might pots Orly Writ ittli'i 'Upon an individual, and he trusted that the Lord ?dolor would trot grant is warrant for the sale of the goods of any leitizen withoot beiuj trimly satisfied that the demand upon which it was issued was lust and strictly legal. Here it was tu4ther one nor the other. What right had they to buy a new house for' the :Bishop ?—what right had they tee beautify and adorn'the premises of one who was handsomely paid, 'and well capable of paying for 'it himself? Were parish officers to be allowed, at their own dis cretion, tp appropriate between 2,000/. and 3,004 of any rate to other purposes than those for which it was specifically raised according to Act 'of Parliament? ' , TheLoato Meivort said, he was satisfied 'that no parish was, in,general, under; better management than "the extensive and:re specie* parish, of Bisimpagate. HOW ant doubt but that the payments in question were slot acid proper in O'er-irately", and such es the inhabitants would cheerfully contribute to ;` but it was not clear to him that the rates, raised by the Act of Parliament for settling the tithes of, that iparith, were 'equally applicable to the purpose. It was, however, a question of the highest importance; end he, should therefore take the opinion of the . City,Solieitor open it lodine be , gave his judgintrit...,-The coo, was then adjourned. BOW-STREET. --We gave a narrative; about' five weeks ago, under the 'h'ead of " Slave Dsalinir in which a Captain Young late of the merchant ship Naha; 'of Liverpool, was ~ s tated to have -Undergone an examination at , Deptford, before . Sir ittettawo BIRNIR, on a charge for having told four women for slaves, while in the river Danger, on the African coast. , That , examination of course was is private One; and we could only cal- • lect a few' particulars from a person who' was present. We were then informed that the accused was committed for trial, but this, it appears, was not - the fact. In consequence of some arrange ment between Mr. Made, of the Treasury,ouid the legal ' adviser of the accused, he was riot brought up for final hearing until! yesterday, when he was placed at the bar of this office, before Sir, R. Birnie,:and the examination was gone through de nova. Mr. Motile attended for the prouecution on behalf of the Crown, . and Mr. Broderick and Mrs , Liam- appeared as, counsel and attorney fur the prisoner. The prietmer is l a small . thin-Inadrenutos and, has none.of the toting and hardy appearance, which generally characterize" stamen. lie preserved , e coostont smile upon hie countenance, arid listened with perfect composure to the testimony of the different witnelatero lie was (Urged mail , the bth drone IV. cap. 10, which makes the trafficking in slaves a capital felony. Joseph lackson was first sworn. ' He stated himself to be a native of Londoir, and a mariner. lie sailed. from Lliterponlll4 the Man cortimanded by the prisoner, and bound to . the tout of Africa. , ` lie recollected being in. the river Danger, on that coastl On the 17th of November last, a person came au board the .21taita, hrthat,rirer;..fivin a Spanish slave schooner. That person was sun Irishman, lamed Roach, and witness afterwards nudemtood that he was nude of the Spaniard : be remained on hoard for some time, ; iii couversatioti with the mate of- the Naha, and then re, turned to the schooner, the captain of which afterwards came oil board the MIN, and the schooner stood over from iviiere she had been previously lying, to within plaid-shot of that ship, and there came to an anchor. The captain of the, schooner was for thine time in the steerage bartering with Captain Voting for goods, viz: Those articles were put ksillitait;v9:7l..'llo%,ll;:aleallg"widi'turnebeitisa'stbaatEs°64:iriltre°iitrutchtoucui.vtgeilytinigt i; th e e s 7 very on b w oa r r o t i l lu tl i r t : the captain to trade with the elver. Witness saw the captain.of slaver pay fur the goods in dollars, aod he afterwar the mate , de han said tooth vee r s ome more of the same coin ; and Walker, The Pri t:W il l; a ali e ce li r y l7.l p , : , ito ve o r e y r, w , e `; j c b i z , are I:;lieth‘evist7eir a.f''t the four women into the .siaver'e boat. Witness walk standing on award! 4 the gangway at the time, and every person on deck co t at i d s s ee vh t e b i e r i li n c , The prisoner afterwards went o n board the slayer, reterned brought a parcel with him, and the-Maltu , a Moat was sent again tit the schooner with a parcel. the Mai at Liverpool as ship's carpenter. . w iis CresaexaMintel lA' 'Mr. Broderiek—ANitnesstiesvoluisliniporti7l long on board; before he was rent before the mast, and 17 ag e . redueed.from ato V/. 10s.; a month, Witnesa remon.dthiriedol il when the Malta was lying in the river, A man fl an ' ' Till (imie dead) seas appointed carpenter in the room ofwit""; Did "" 11 f• roWtohpr,tiorlison striking the prisoner with a pint po , '' l ten'enilikt shiny the prisoner gut his heail broken, but he (V. t i ,i ie i L t a l i t t a „ u p l . t a l, l i nti n t , it: l l.d t: iltlistrii:einbered the Captain being same in consequence of the beating be go from Ow , 3 e‘v, The' four women were the wives of Go-- were pia tot learnt her. c o oki not t o i a l y e "wriling broom men. The slaver went away toward,' the tiabronit river ornot Thnlkfatta did not go there. after the women were The iffe/to Was fallersin w i t h hi ; h i s gw.taii"e*llsyle:a.taihuipgliEvserks,:afeetre*rfl wards' at the " biltad of Princes,", hut net taken Pos e "'" ) " of ; hut she was afterwardet e k esk A r ig t ,M a ksty , ,, s hi p /Owen. The story about the slayer was t'44 t o the woes beat's crew; but they did not take possession of the Malta. The crew had frequently heeti kept on short illotiourwand complained'of it: Witness had sometimes had nothing to eat fora day but a plantain and a little salt. Did not.know. whether the prisoner had accused any of the crew of beeekincorien•elaretoresand.stealing cloth. The witness answered Mr. Broderick with great flippancy, and repeatedly contradicted' assertions which he had made a moment before. • Daniel Pepper was , steward of the Malta on her voyage to Africa, where she traded for:wax; ivory, and gum. When at Gabroon they traded with the natives, and four women were sent, (as is usual in the traffic) on board the Malta as pawns for the trusts which Captain Young had placed in the hands of 'certain natives, -,who were to supply him with goods. The natives, to whom - these women belonged, did perform their contract; • but Captain Young would net deliver them up, be ', dime the Kiug of the place bed not supplied eertain goods, •for which fruits had • been given. Witness heart( Captain Young say, unless they were - redeemed he would sell them. Witness then described the visits. to and from the slave schooner, and deposed that the mate of her examined the Women; and said they , were•very. fine; and- the Captitin said he intended to make sale of them. The captain of the slaver came on board the Malta, and had a long conversation with Captain' Young, a Wive, called Antonite•Toin, luting , as'. itiutrpreter. Captain Young said, he would sell the women for 60 dollar* each, but the Spaniard said he 'would give but 28 ; finally, 80 dollars each was agreed Upon, and the money was , tid upon the table in lots. Witness saw the money exchanged, and Captain Young . gave hini the ' dollars to count, and , he found 120. Captain Young then ordered the women into the schooner's boat ; they cried very . much as they descetided the gangway. Witness afterwards went on board the schooner, and saw the poor women 'sitting on the after hatchway, crying ; he also saw about 80 man and women ironed below. The space between decks was about three feet in height. The crew told him they intended to get 200 shies altogether. The schooner was about 80 tone hurden. Cross-examined.—Wituese often quarrelled with Capt. Young, who accused him of stealing cloth,'but not till after they were on board the Brazen. Remembered Young' being severely beaten, and he deserved it. ' John Walker, the mate, was examined in corroboration, and eaid, the women were put on board as hostages, and were detained after they had been, properly speaking, redeemed by their relatives, for a debt owed to Young by the'King of the place, who had given no pledge. 'Witham did not observe' the selling ; but Young Afterwards told him he had sold the women. Croes-examined.---The Imate of the'wehooner told witness she was bound first to Gabroon, where the women came 'from, and afterwards to the southward. Two' apprentices on beard the ship, named Hood and Rawes, were also examined, but stated no new facts , of importance. The evideke fOr the prosecution being closed, Mr. Brod rick submitted to the Magistrate that this was a case in which the discretion vested' in' him by a late statute, of taking bail in cases of felony, might fairly be exercised. The Learned Gentle oian'then argued at considerable length, with a view to show - flat the story of the' crew was full of improbabilities, and might fairly be taken as the invention of a set of disaffected men ; and even (continued,. the Learned . Counsel) admitting that their statements were quite true, the transaction was per fectly . consistent with the innocence' of the prisoner ; for there was nothing at all to shoW that the bargain betweenhini and the Spa niard was not merely' for the latter to take the women hack to Gabroon; whither it was acknowledged the schooner was bound; and that the amount paid was the amount for which the prisoner had detained them, and which the ' Spaniard would receive back on landing them. ' Mr. 'Hanle said, he should be sorry to press hard against the accused, but he must say that it was than a case of mere suspicion. He was willing, however, 'to leave it entirely to the 111agistrate. After some conversation, Sir R. Butrar said, he was always sorry to abridge the liberty of the subject, but lie could not view this as a casein which he ought to take "bail. The prisoner must !stand committed for the capital felony. - . • Mr. Broderick earnestly represented the length of time which the prisoner had Already been in confinement, and was likely to remain so ; and requeited Sir R. Birnie would take time to con sider the topics which he bad urged. Sir R. BIRMS said lie would certainly do so, and would care fully read over the depositions before he finally decided. , In the mewl time thenrisoner stands committed for trial. It. was stated that the Afaita and her cargo has been sold for 10 4 800/. under einuienmation - . ' • . M AL It I. B (.) tt 00 tl H. ST VtgitT.'- 1 1 esterday Alio ut two o' cloak, two lo,ry ve.vatable-'lookiuuoiddle-agsd ftriAles, aceoliii,sniett by a Mr. Clopryi proptieto _Ol , a antiseription` billiard-room in George-street, Hanover-Square, entered' the office in a great bustle. One who stated liereelf to be Frederica Defries, the wife of Jacobus Defries, tobacconist and snuff-manufacturer, residing at No. 98,'• Castle-street, Oxford-street, seemed to be in the ut most slirin the other, 'who described herself as Mrs. Mary Par rick, residing at 'l 4 lo. 19, Marshall-street, Regent-street, ap proached the bench with a perfectly 'calm aspect. ' . , '' , • .'Cite Magistrate &tiling, that. Mrs. Defriea was.the cotnplainant, celled, upoo, that lady to state hest. ease. , She said, that her husband and herself, had advertised to sell by Private ceotract,the , lease, fixtures, . stock, ere., of their shop in Castle-street; arnonpt! other, bidders, Mrs. Penick was our. Nothing, lorwever, load been concluded until that morning, when Mil. Patrick announced, that she had made up her mind to agree to the terine. ' Mrs. Dairies requested - Mrs. Patrick to give her, as was usual, a deposit of 51. on the purchase-money, because they were without English money iu the honee, and the 5/. would be an atiOotmitadation. • - 111a4 , 'Parrick immediately paid the 51.; and Mrs. Defries went into•thafront 'hoist° write a receipt, leaving Mrs. Parriek only in company with the open desk in the back T0091.', aka. ! Detiies now went to ,lock . up her desk, when -she found. that the gold watch sod one of the silver table. spoons !sad ' vanished—, . , , , , • . ... Mr. Wok .salted Mot. D,efries iff tate was, ready to swear to this statnnanth end that she suspected Mrs. Parrick of stealing the, watch, &c. Itlrsl Defries mid she was- ready, and, being sworn, repeated her complaint, and added that no other person whatever had had ,access to the roan at the time.: • • . 'Mrs. - Parit6ll, when called upon to reply, said that; she hail nothing to say but what ,she had already said to Mrs. Defries her self—namely; that she knew nothing of watch or spoon. Mr. Gregory mid he would stake' his-life on the •honesty of Mrs. Parrick, and would bail her to any amount. • ' MTS. Prarick was then taken to a private room, and searched by a female employed at the, office for that purpose : but nothing of a auspicious. nature was found upon her. But when the officer despatched to search her apartments arrived there, •he learned, that , ; Mr 4 Orrspry had just been there before him , and had gone away again. The officer having communicated this circumstance to hiTtPYXR, -directed that Mr. Gregory% bail should tnot be accept. ed, and Mrs. Parrick was ordered to bedetained. ' " • Mr. Barna!' O'Regans-late• eehoolmester in the parish of Tootnavars„ , in Ireland, and now a rat-cateber , ,of,Aome fame in tlie Woit-eod;'apijeared beffire Sir, George; Farrant to shine cause why his sun, about 1a years of 'age, ' shoidd not be sent to the 141t 1 SA of Correction foi)4eggiug, Bartutby was accompanied by his spouse, Bt hlget, 'who essayed towards Sir,George, tonpologist for her eon. liarnaby took her by the shoulder, 'saying," Bridget, sure you kno v 1 have the edication to apake to the'joutlernon—; come out of the, way, I say. Your Reverence—your Worship' I mean—my name it Barnaby O'Regan, and sin well known 'in Toomitvara, in sweet Ireland." Sir Groan c--What business d4 you follow, Mr. Burnaby? Burnaby---Iwas aachoolniaster in Tootnavara, your Reverence's Worship, and is :aetioainted With my parish priest and all the other neighbours. lis famous for laming in the genteel way, algebra, and all the other matheniaties, up to the fluxion*, I can work with any body in all lugland ; and as for Sir Isic's taorunt, I am the very divil at it. Oh ! it would do your •Lordship's heart good to see me at work with a slate and pencil. But sure I need not say nothing about that, for my son there, Jimmy, knows algebra is well •as mettelf. If your Reverence—l - our Honour, I mane-- would only bring one of your Worship's *one to apake to Jimmy :anal algebra, you'd see what a wising Jimmy would give hint: ' Jimmy, I say, hould up your bend; you yonng rascal, and look- hie -Worship'e Reverence in the fact. 'There, your Honour, is the brightest chap in all Lunnen. Sir Geouor --Mr. Barnaby you are certainly a great man, but could not your SOB titul some better employment than begging? I suppose you have a splendid academy in St. Oda's, nuns ? Barnaby--Oh, your Worship's Reverence, that's whet brakes my heart on'roe; for you see, though ' I knows Inglish grammar with any person I ever sa w preach, for all . that I- was obliged meeself; awl Bridget, and Jimmy, to give up our school 111 Too mavara, the tones '4144 SO bail in twor ould Ireland, and so yon 444 we all of um come over U Ligland tort iontenting of an e mploy- Ment ; but the jontletnen here had no liking for the digaut :dice thin as they has in my own sweet country. Sir Grooox—lt is a pity that you Were dieap * ted Ilariuk , rut , . . . se for lam sure nu b r be a great acquisition to forwarthng Li great cause of pgjo n o eil4patit4l), ' ' , pl., h ow do y o u make mat ters answer in this great city ' banally—We now your Lordship's Reverence hit the Ilan on the head,' for its hartlenciugh With wa o ds r goes, and Jiminit I am now k great rat-catcher entirely, and I kilt 42 of um this rnorninr whin I iteirdditntny *is taken, and then •I kilt more.- (Loudlauglder, iti which the Magistrate joined). - Sir °tonna—What ! from a great schoolmaster, to be obliged to turn rati•catche4', certainly a lad teverseof fottune,. Barney. Barnaby--,Your Reverence—oh, your Mew I. mane, this will be put in all the newspapers-. but I don't care ibout um. It's not than' . as troubles. the, If temild. only do something for my own poor country. May be your Worship would give her some relief, fuer see we're all so poor there. St. Giles's and all the places about is chock fun of us, and a mithy trouble to the‘work houses. Only let me tell your Honor's Worship of sweet Ireland's greevancee and her wrongs, and'l'm sure yoti'll help hur. Its a fine country, your Lordship, where you could get milk and prie ties very cheap, if your Reverence—your Honour I mane, would only have 'the:money to • buy um.—(Laughter.)—Here Barnaby in the same strain-Went into 'a detail of what he willed the " gree vances of Ireland." Sir Groaos.—Well Barney, I will let your son time; Ibut you ought to keepfhim'at algebra instead of allowing him to go begging and lead an-idle life:: • Barnaby.--.-Oh thank your' Honour ; Jimmy will be a good boy, and may be a great man too. Jimmy, I say, you down looking 'vagabond, go'dotvu on your knees and thank his Lordship's Reverence. Didn't I-whack you well to-day, you blackguard? 'three times limited you ,with the slate, and I'll whack you: more if you goer a begging again.' Jimmy, went onhis knees. Barnaby, Bridget, and .Jimmy, then left the office. When Bernell reached the'door he returned,' and said,." Well, your Reverenm—your Honour I moue, sure you won't forget poor old Ireland ?" UNION-HALL. —Yesterday a man named Thomas Pays was brought before the sitting Magistrate, R. .1. Citaatazaa, Esq., charged under Mr. Martin's act with extreme cruelty to' a horse,' the property of Mr. Veal, a gentleman raiding near Croydon. The complainant stated, that on the 24th of July, a team of his horses was employed in drawing manure. The waggon' to which they were attached having been heavily laden, the horses could not draw the load, when the defendant and another man (not yet in custody), used the following method of torture towards one of the poor animals. Having beaten the horse most unmercifully, the man not in custody ran into the, stable and fetched out a truss of straw, which he placed under the animal's belly, while the de fendant procured .a ;light, and immediately set fire to the straw, which blued ug with great fury, and burnt the poor animal in a frightfulananner, before it could extricate itself and draw forward the load. The defendant—Your Worship, I coiild not get him to go on, and we were forced to light a little straw under his belly to make him go forward. Mr. CHA M BERS-But why not take.part of the load out of the waggon, rather than put in:practice such horrible cruelty? The Magistrate then referred to Mr.. Martin's Act, and told the de fendant he should inflict a penalty of 61. upon him, and in default of payment he mutt be committed to the House of Correction for the space of two months. A former matter of the defendant here stepped forward, and as sured the Magistrate that he was as good a Servant as any in,Bng hind ; he therefore hoped the penalty would be mitigated. • The Magistrate would notlisten to any applicatiou, and the pe nalty was ultimately paid. CORONER'S 'I,I4QUEST. • Yesterday s at two o'clock, an inquisition was taken at No. 2, Cushion-court, Old Broad-street, City, before Thomas Shelton, Esq., Coroner, and a most respectable Jury, on view of the body of Mr. Thomas Marshall, who put a period to his existence under the following circum- stances :--, On the Jury being empanelled and sworn, - they pro ceeded with the Coroner to the late residence of the de ceased in Cushion-court, for the purpose of viewing the body. . James Hannell, a youth of ;15 years of age, exa rnined.-1 reside with my mother, who is a widow, at Hacknerterraee. The , deceased is my uncle, and was in the habit of visiting my 'mother. On Saturday last he came to our house, and stopped till Monday morn ing, when _he returned to his ,apartments in Cushion court, in' the city. I left home about one hour prior to my uncle; and was at his house on his arrival. About 11 o'clock he inquired of me if I should not like a walk. , I replied in the affirmative, and went our, leaving My' uncle at his desk writing. About one o'cloCk I returned, the deceased was not in Inc sitting-rooM. I imagined, he waS washing himself in his dressing room, and opened the door, when I discovered him sitting ontheground , with his head leaning against the washing stand; he was without his coat, and his linen was drenched in blood; I .conserved he had broken a blood-vessel; and in great alarm ran dOwn stairs, and told Mrs. Sadler, the landlady, oldie situation of my uncle;' ayoung man named Hether werieup stairs, and Mrs. Sadler 'ran off for a surgeon : preiently , Mr. Hether returned down stairs, and, said that my uncle had cut 'his throat, and was quite dead. . , • ' Coroner. Pray, bad any part of your family seen a difference in your , uncle's conduct of late ? . Witness., --Yes; Sir, for the last month he has been very melanCholy. ~ Mr: James Hether was next examined. . Coroner. - - On your entering the -room first was the deceased; quite dead ?.-Witness.-- . -Perfectly so,. Sir'. Mrs. Ann Sadler was next sworn. Coroner.—Have you of late observed any thing in the conduct of the deceased; for you teimagine he-.was not in his right mind t' - . , ~: Witness.—Not exactly, Sir; for the list three months he has complainedof the heat of the weather, and said that it' made him . very nervous.' A Juror here remarked, that it had been reported, that on . ' the tnorning the 'deceased had Committed the dreadful' act, a letter hadirrived, which seemed to have much dis trestied the deceased. The Coroner questioned the witness as to her know ledge of the letter mentioned ; but she denied having known any thing respecting it. • , Mr. Hannell, the brother of the deceased, and several other witnesses, spoke as to the :depression . of spirits which the deceased laboured under for above a month previous to' his death.. concluded, the onsultoatnieoril l adied i uels.isi;dd the The jurye,viwdehaoc,eaftiteeirnag few c on a verdict of " Insanity." Lawyers cannot be expected at the moment. to answer at least one quarter of the 'questions which are put to them. The statutes of this country occupy 45,000 Close quarto pages, and t i lie reports of coin mon law decisions continually referred to are contained in no less than 55,000 other pages. So that the standard of evidential books of legal authority consist of about 100,000 pages. -These books are of course exclusive of the different abridgments and treatises of law, and arguments and comments on legal decisions. Of these, Vesey:s, Comyn's, and Bacons works cow tarn a quantity dt,type equal to 200,000 common octavo ges I—Mirror. Dr. Maine, an eccentric character , wh o w;ei ejected rin by Cnwell from ecclesiastical livings which lie held from Charles 1., preser ved, in making his will, the whimsicalities of his life . He had an old servant, to Iwiiimi°ltnhathehebewqourldthfienad 11 : 1 0I ai ne c tlnig iient family trunk, telling there "which would make him drink after his death. "rh e servant, full of expectation that his t o as ter, under this familiar ex p res, s fl e w to the trunk, when to his great m ortifiCation, he found that the boasted l egac y was no thing more than a red herrin g ! i, heel all - o l w et e t il l:im a fair competency, as i soon as tie cency The Journal of the Two IVorids has the follow rn article-in the number of the 18th July The exiean Goveniment has forbidden all English shies of t h e R o y a l Navy. to anchor, under the toii of St. Juan trUlloa, or even, to moor there ; s pilt they may do both at the Isle of Saerificios. It seems that this m easure has been suggested by the fear that they may upon it, and make it another Gibraltar. rtain that the city o f V era C ruz has asked, of the Go ;tvtehieutphte'rto these seize fears are well founded or hot, it is ca .. vernment that thi s f or t s h ou ld be demolished, but this request has been rejected. MEETINGS OF CREDITORS. • •""• LONDON DIARY, THUIVIIDAT, AUOVSI 10. (At the Court of CPTllMiliOnerl4) If. bl J. Baldwin, Chobbam, butcher . W. Benhatn; Brighton, builder ... .... 11 J. and 'W. 'Buekrnaster, Old Bond-street, army clothiers...... 10 S. Buckingham, St. Martin's-le-Grand, bootnaker .... . ..... 11 J. 11. Butler, Bruton-street, turner Coley.and Brown, Old,Broad-street, wine-merchants Clarke'and Dinidale, Frederiels'a-place,.*arn-rueichsnts ... . H. H. Criddle; New Bond-street, hat* . 1 Dixon and Taylor, Huddersfield and Winchester-street A. Francis, .High Holborn , linen-draper ......... ......... • 1 . W. Folhard, King-street, Cheapside, victualler W. and H. Hart, Holborn-hill, linen-drapers .11 , W. IT ase lwood, Stratford, 'stationer ll S. 11111, Great Russell-street, upholder ..................... 11 W. F. How, South Sea Chambers, insurance-broker lO T. H. Hurnphrey, Mile-end-road, atone,nutscu Joynersand Surridge, Romford, bankers... 'B C. F. Launitr, uCklersbriry; merchant' ...................... IV J.' I.evett; Leedi; 101.4 W-hat-maker Ryland and Knight, Horsleydown, hghternven - S. Score, Austin-friars, scrivener ... .. . R. Stangroom , Percival-street, Clerkenwell, plumber W. Strong, Brixton and JamaiciCoffee-hotise, merchant J. Toner, Friday-street, warehouseman ........................ j i. T W aY h ig eer, C r ie Nott ltn ghlun ies-m% b°°ws,tniakeeOachr-br.oker ............................ W. Wihoon, jun., Nicholas-lane, merchant ..................... It? S. Williams, Finsbury-square, merchant ........................ F. W. Williams, Norfolk-street, tavern-keeper .................. T. White, Minelng-lane o rrine-broier ........................... 10, W. C. Wryghte, Laurence Pountney-lane, wino-merchant... 11 COUNTRY DIARY. C. Archer, Tewkesbery, Hop-pole, Tewesbury ......:.:••••• 11 Sir P. Bagbott, Leonard Stanley; Fleece, Itodborough' .•.••• 6 J. Barred* 11; Sneinton , George Fou rth, Nottingham ll A. Blum, Heaton Norris , Star, Manchester 0 II W.. Came, jun. Penzance, Union, Penzance J. Crowley, Stockport, Star, Manchester 1 W. Gaustlett; Portsea, Mr. Low's , Portsea Harrison, Ancoats, Star, Manchester Holbrook and Adamson, Northwich , Hotel , New ark J.' Levjy, Southampton; Red Lion, NeW Sarum ...... . ..... 1 2 J. Milton, Ilfewcastle-upon-Tyne, Mr : Naweatitle.•• 1 . E. Oliver, Llan*ydcielan, Bear's Heed, Newtown ... . . ... .1. Orton,'Moretotbampton, King John; Eieter ........... . P. Riding, Derby, Masons Arms, Derby .... . ......... . . . : R. Sager, Tlankne*ton, Black Horse, Skipton.. . . NUMMI 'I HE MARKETS. From the London New Price Current of Tuesday, Aug. 0.) Ccerrox.-The demand .for, Cotton last week centilitre" Yol' goad, and at an advance generally of id. per lb., the ales f°l week from Monday till last night inclusive, amountieg to 25 ,:y bales, vis..--500 Pentium 1041. a 10141. 100 Bowed. nil 11 ,1 4 ,...! '750 Surats 4id. a 51d. ; 1 350.13engale 4is l . a 51d. ; 5 ° ` ue "*" . 51d. in bond, and, duty paid, 20 Demerara, 21d. erk Suraiset.L.-The demand for Afuscovades d urin g the last w whatever in thevassteady,but n p o rco. Thetionan extensivee inquiries in arale;there w th u e are directed to the flue Sugars above 625. which rate vtiti ti and are scarce ; the very low qualities about 521. bare bee also in great demand, boor for export and for the home trade t r e the Fruit season ; scarcely any Sugars, however browa, purchasednader b2s. • the cheapest sugars are from bp s, 1 4 ,: e q on account of the plen tiful ' supply of theee qualifier , • ihe opened rather heavily this morning, from a ccumulation of ' O 7. it is now nearly 13,000 casks more than in 182$ ; as t he di'lc first vanced, however, the purchases increase d, and at the clog .an h market we estimate the sales at 800 ca sks: there , is. no 5 .4. 11 01 in th e prices. The Barbadoes Sugar sale to -day, hal . " . 4 , 1 off4ith great briskness Is. a 21 . higher , 644. 6d. e-691., in the qualities so much in request, on Iceboat of their scarcity.;k the Refined market :there was nothing new to ; IL ° it o the purchases ` were considerable, but tvitbont 14 1 ° 6 ! is; tion in prices. Molasses were heavy at 245. 6d. This too d e r there is a good demand for Lumps for shipping ; no permit ?I y ' t; under 755.; the export orders for low bastards a ppals estain l o.4 16s. a 19s. are the prices free on board ; the finer goods for . I , :u it consumption are, not iu so much request. Alulesaes are bolo 245. 6d. In Foreign Sugars, about 800 chest* Brasil vree e by private contract; white Stec a 3 55., gr e y 29 5 , $ $OllO sotne•yellow Sl*. and SID. 6d. lil t Cortrar. -After the day of our publication , (Tu rd week, !Coffee advanced considerably ; the average impror ea ,' l ', from thelowest point of the late depression was geneiallY t,( per cwt. ; St. Domingo, the lowest price lately 411.. , 1g •)4 stated at 475. a 48s. ; the culoury descriptions Of about 10e. per cwt. above the lets lowest pricei . ; the g° ° ," nary Jamaica, which was 48s. and 445. sold at bgi. s t tlie fine ordinary' which *as '4Bs. and 50s. sold 805 . 6° !'etts There were w tli ho ree ip p ,w uh en li t c oir sales 4ea o v f a Coff n. low middling, which had been depressed to 60e, Sold lO' trary to the general anticipatiOn, the pried woo lower ; the maim and Dominica descriptions ; St. Domingo a. 4,884, but theme arstfew, or oo i!' ' Sirs. ---'!'here, is no alteration in the silk trade., 1 1 2 ipitt ee thi th streeir is fore .i noon; pror._ ar. i o is; Ores. -Fieh,Oile are more in demand at our quotacko.l!;lie Oil not au brisk, on account of the unexpected sirtV.?e ;" p Oils are in garid demand, at the late price'. at It UM, BRANDY, and Ilotearsos.--The demand for , , ace rt, throes general, and as it is now reporte d the Distillers go; the prices are igain advanced; proofs and under cann ot te a chased below 2i. per gallon ;. but at that price parcels of le toy'three ever are offering; the orders in town for ehiPP ii4 0. Leeward, are very extensive,' but gener a l l y at 'prit.os 11:0,, ds or present market currency, and they cannot be execute d ; ales of Jamaica are also inquired fora but the Saki, "h i ": I °3 are not extensive. Brandy is vtry'heavy, we hale any sak m ad i; the vintage is likely to be more productive 1 ' •1 o ther was anticipated. Some purchases of Gene va are e lower rates ; pale *tit 2d. per imperial gallon. , t he 1 )",c, Iwntoo.--The request for Indigo continues roast; to ' ere pay . for picked parcel* 3 d. ter 6d. per lb. advance 0" House sale prices. Or 10'1) t pl: Lulu Paovi s ßacon is totee.t-Th", not m ng ne w to • - , Beef or POrk. scarce,' 63.. is offered. 13 ' 3 1 t , t ; por t° an incertain Slate; the weather continues very het; r i lli ce ri a tit ' r tik .-- ute T h h i e s re 9 i ) : . llm ir a il ter hi la BB l a s ite a ra 9 t?o% ir. Hew., 'FLA X, AND TA LT.OW. is tt1 . 011 .. ...,b" . 9d, Tallow, the quotation of the new is today ; tb 4 Flax continues in demand at our advanced 9 11 ° t1t11. hemp is 381., the new 3.5 t Toaecco.-:-The inquiries after Tobacco atio° l of o tie doable, perticitlarly for stripsi'an'aecount• of the re .:}4 ,o ' tld nest at 'Liverpool ; the sales since our last are shout., „ 0 d intdhe s smal l 2idt St. Domingo offered last ; week - W005..-Thera is no alteration in Wool ; th e de manufacturers in the country is rather incxeilig' t ,J t 'o' ll ~ EDINBUR6II.*i--YeSteiday, while of were leaping across all opening made fur the utt " .° 3" gas-pipe in king-street, Yard Heads, Leith, the, ' 1./,ldie the ditch gave avey,„ an d two o f t h em we, b a rieu 1 . . cu es , ' 'One.wes taken out quite dead, and the other 106 s 91 Wef 0 ts lie ,survive.--On Sunday night, a yoUng man, in t __S intoxication,, took . a hurried leave of his iveel„Miteb v e., ,„14 time, was iu her : lodgiuge,. in the high. flat of and, fed over the stair window on the third 110 i begiep anti was set dangerously hurt that he hall to - tufuluary, where he died yesterday morning* of I ( 14 )n ia(- t ni tt .r e el :th *I. ii rr6 l. Y , -s a t t ree4 ;he al Lodg irr in l es lB. Bra' . ► - " tj :°11:11t11:'11'1-j7: .*b::adyof Henry : r fal ..p : Mrs. on G th il e be rl r tu t, o i f ne a t.. da a u t g E hte nexa r : in nau, in atfa job • OP • ~....,01 1' ~ John Ruxton, Esq., o f a • ' ''''' ' -r-, ,,, - , -- . MARRIED. ii, tin tl k i . 54 j ol t., a t s t , Mar Churell, lioidige.ottViico W. B. ~,z,oung, zbe Rev. Jars Voting, Victa 4}f tolier l " -I ' t° Mare Elizabeth , onl y daughter of do los '', . t s , co t Esq., of Cavershant, in Oxfordshire. 1 ,,, E strso Ivo, Ott the Bth inst., at St. Mary's, lylington, Th 111ci 0 . w b,rits to Margaret , eldest daughter of Alt. [ nolloway. On the td inst., at Alitons pi ne i ! --i rKine brgl : li : r nes*, in the list year of his age, Abrahata A _ ol eo 'net , Captain in the orth Delon 110" . ties, of the Peace far the Cottuty. ar ' e Of t Printed end Published by hi. your4o, v s the 1,-- No. ilk Sash&